Kikuchi will join Caesar Bryan and Mark Yim from Gamco’s Rye office to establish the research and sales effort in Japan. Gamco has research offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Kikuchi has 24 years experience in global market experience focused on Japan, most recently with Mizuho Securities.
Previously, Kikuchi was with Macquarie Capital Securities in Japanese equity sales, following nearly six years with Jardine Fleming Securities (prior to its acquisition by JP Morgan Securities) and close to a dozen years at New Japan Securities as an analyst and research sales in Tokyo and New York.
Gamco COO Douglas Jamieson said that Kikuchi will add significantly to its research and sales efforts in Japan.
"He will implement investment offerings of our US strategies for the Japanese markets and oversee the firm’s efforts to take advantage of the many value and growth opportunities we see in Japan." Jamieson said.
